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Ok, I recently brewed Northern Brewer's Sierra Madre based off of all the solid reviews on their site. I washed and reused a batch of 1056 that I had from an earlier Chinook IPA that I did. I made a starter, and let it ferment for about three weeks. Beer tasted good going into the kegs...

Make sure you take care of the mom. A happy mother = happy spouse = happy marriage = time for you to brew. I started brewing before my third child, so I never really knew what it was like to brew without responsibilities. But I learned this much: You can brew as much as your wife wants...

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I just bottled a Chinnok IPA from Northern Brewer last Sunday. I have to admit that I didn't check the gravity over three days, but the gravity at bottling time was 1.011 and have been in the fermentor for three weeks (OG was 1.052). I carbed with 4 oz. of corn sugar. The bottles sat in my...

It sounds more like homebrew has improved your taste!

Thanks for all the links guys. I'm now thinking I might try the cubitainer route and just gravity feed it to start out. I don't really like the idea of beer sitting in plastic, but stainless steel casks seem a bit complicated for me at the moment. Maybe when I go back to England, I'll look...

Yes, I'm just trying to keep the beer fresh for as long as possible. I'd probably carbonate with sugar, then just use this Co2 thing to keep air from being introduced when drawing a pint.

My wife is from England and we spend a few weeks each summer there where I fell in love with a good English bitter. I currently bottle the bitters I brew. I'm contemplating buying a beer engine, but want to keep the cost down as much as possible and I don't have a current draft setup. Since...

Sweet, I can now buy the book with a clear conscious! :mug:

Revvy, what do you think of this guy's review of the book? He thinks Maureen is too biased towards Bud and even criticizes craft brewers. http://www.amazon.com/review/R2KXSLLLZRCLFQ/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0156033593&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode=

Was just at my local Whole Foods and saw a stack of these for sale. It looks like the All Grain version of Mr. Beer, but it only makes 1 gallon! http://brooklynbrewshop.com/store/1-gallon-beer-kits

+1 on the POS Cranberry Lambic. It was always the last beer to go in my fridge. Now if I could only find an extract recipe for making the Holiday Porter, my favorite by far.

Yeah, I tried like hell earlier to tighten and even loosen the spigot, but to no avail. I just went to check it, and it's not dripping anymore. I think the sticky wort may have dried a little and hopefully sealed the leak. I'll leave it overnight and check things out tomorrow.

I can definitely hot glue it to seal it. I never considered this. I'm worried that I might seal in some bacteria, but maybe I'll hit the area with Star San first. I'm going to try it and hope for the best. I'll let you know how it turns out.

I use an old turkey pot as well. It was scrubbed and soaped up real well. The only problem is since it's aluminum I had to "season" it again by boiling water in it to get the shiny aluminum interior to darken. It also has a spigot on the bottom of the pot that I can never seem to be able to...

OK, I ordered this siphonless fermenter from Williams Brewing. http://www.williamsbrewing.com/SIPHONLESS_FERMENTOR_P143C66.cfm After I filled it up with wort, I noticed a small leak where the valve meets the bucket. The leak isn't too bad, so I'm not worried about losing too much beer...

Yeah, I was thinking of using a growler. I have one that I've been collecting loose change in. I'll probably just try the aluminum foil trick for now. Maybe upgrade to a stopper and airlock down the road.

Thanks for all the advice so far. It seems like I might not need to do anything right now except invest in a simple container to make a few simple starters and see how that goes. I should have mentioned earlier, but I'll be fermenting in the closet of my condo this winter. I'll try to...

Ok, I bought some basic brewing equipment last spring (fermenter, burner, chiller) and have since brewed 5 beers with varying degrees of success. 3 APAs turned out to all have a similar medicinal twang on the back end of it, but a Cream Ale and a British Bitter both turned out delicious...

No idea about an explosion. But like Live said earlier, if you took your FG reading AFTER you bottled, you likely are taking the reading with the additional priming sugar you added for carbonation. Your FG BEFORE adding the priming sugar will of course be lower than the 1.020 you measured...